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McDonald’s to Employees: Get a (Second) Job
By Tom Philpott Since I last knocked heads with The Atlantic’s David Freedman over Big Food and its potential to “end obesity”—see his piece, my response, his #odd# response to my response, our joint appearance on a Minnesota Public Radio … Continue reading
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Tagged employment, fast food, job, Living wage, McDonald, unemployment, Wage, Walmart, workers
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BlackBerry Fires 250 More Employees in Turnaround Effort
By Seth Fiegerman BlackBerry (originally RIM) laid off 250 more employees on Tuesday as part of a continued effort to turnaround the company. The layoffs, which were first reported by Bloomberg on Thursday, affected employees at BlackBerry’s product testing facility … Continue reading
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Tagged Blackberry, business, Canada, jobs, mobile computing, RIM, technology, unemployment
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Black Unemployment Drives ‘Perpetual, Slow-Moving Recession’
By Artgur Delaney Tatia Pritchett’s 2002 Hyundai Sonata blew a tire early on a Friday morning in June when she was on her way to work. “I was driving and all of a sudden, KAPOW,” she said. She pulled over and … Continue reading
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Understand how being unemployed can endanger not just yourself but those you love. Understand how we need to raise the minimum wage. Living on a $9.00 the minimum wage would still be extremely hard for families to survive but it … Continue reading
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Tagged Bureau of Labor Statistics, economy, education, employment, jobs, labor, Living wage, minimum wage, money, poverty, stress, unemployment, United States, Wage
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Biggby Coffee Terminates Michigan Teen Employee After ‘Horrific’ Trayvon Martin Tweet
By Kate Abbey-Lambertz A teen who tweeted an offensive statement about Trayvon Martin learned the hard way this week that social media can have professional consequences, when a Michigan company took immediate action and terminated her before she had even … Continue reading
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Tagged Biggby Coffee, George Zimmerman, Livonia, Michigan, social media, Trayvon Martin, twitter, unemployment
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McJobs Are the Future: Why You Should Care What Fast Food Workers Earn
By Jordan Weissmann As I wrote earlier today, the corporate brass at McDonald’s seem to believe that in order to survive on what they pay their restaurant workers, you need a second job. And hey, credit where it’s due: they’re probably … Continue reading
The long, lonely search for a job
By Dan Horn Ray Ross opens the spiral notebook and grimaces as he reads the numbers on the page. One side shows his family’s income for the month, the other lists the bills. It’s a simple equation, neatly written by … Continue reading
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Tagged job search, jobs, unemployment, unemployment benefits, United States, Yard Sale
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Some Tech Companies Find Ways Not To Hire Americans
By Martin Kaste Lawmakers continue to wrangle over a bill that would overhaul the nation’s immigration system. One provision in this bill would allow companies to import a lot more skilled workers. The tech industry has lobbied hard for this, … Continue reading
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Tagged Dick Durbin, employment, immigration, job skills, jobs, NPR, technology, unemployment
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Child Poverty Has Risen Even As Unemployment Falls
By Bryce Covert Even as unemployment has gradually declined, the child poverty rate has been on the rise, according to a new report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Between 2010 and 2011, the number of children living in poverty … Continue reading
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